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Oxygen ion implantation equipment

a technology of oxygen ions and equipment, applied in vacuum evaporation coatings, chemical vapor deposition coatings, coatings, etc., can solve the problem of non-uniform film thickness of the soi layer of the wafer, and achieve good film thickness uniformity and prevent the temperature drop of this portion

Inactive Publication Date: 2009-10-22
SUMCO CORP
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The present invention relates to an improvement of oxygen ion implantation equipment for producing a SIMOX wafer with good film thickness uniformity. The invention provides a cylindrical chamber with a bottom wall and an opening, a wafer holder for holding multiple wafers, a cap for closing the chamber, and a plurality of lamp heaters. The lamp heaters are placed in a way that they face the wafers and are divided into inner and outer lamps. The outer lamps are positioned to apply more heat to the wafers than the inner lamps, which helps to prevent temperature drops and nonuniform film thickness in the SOI layer of the wafer. The invention also includes a coolant passage for cooling the sealing member, which is important for maintaining the uniformity of the film thickness.

Problems solved by technology

However, the coolant passing through the passage may cause a drop in temperature of a portion of the wafer which lies close to the passage, that is, a portion of the wafer which lies close to the side of the chamber, resulting in a nonuniform film thickness of an SOI layer of the wafer.

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[0018]As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, oxygen ion implantation equipment 10 is provided with a cylindrical chamber 11 which has a bottom wall 11a on one end face thereof and is open in the other end face thereof, a wafer holder 12 housed in the chamber 11, a disk-shaped cap 13 with which an opening 11c of the chamber 11 is closed, and a plurality of lamp heaters 21 to 25 and 31 to 35 disposed in such a way as to face any one of a plurality of wafers 14 held by the wafer holder 12. The wafer holder 12 includes a rotating shaft 12a which is rotatably placed through the center of the bottom wall 11a of the chamber 11, a motor 12b attached to the outer surface of the bottom wall 11a and rotating the rotating shaft 12a, a disk-shaped base 12c which is placed in the chamber 11 and is fixed with the center thereof fitted onto the tip of the rotating shaft 12a, a plurality of fixed shafts 12d vertically provided on the periphery of the base 12c toward the opening 11c of the chamber 11 concentrica...

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[0022]FIG. 3 shows a second embodiment according to the present invention. In FIG. 3, such reference signs as are found also in FIG. 2 denote the same parts. In this embodiment, the number of halogen lamps 21 to 25 of the outer lamps 20 is made larger than the number of halogen lamps 51 and 52 of inner lamps 50. Specifically, the number of halogen lamps 21 to 25 of the outer lamps 20 is five, and the number of halogen lamps 51 and 52 of the inner lamps 50 is two. The five halogen lamps 21 to 25 of the outer lamps 20 face a portion of the wafer 14 facing them, the portion (the upper half of the wafer 14 shown in FIG. 3) lying close to the chamber peripheral wall 11b relative to the center of the wafer 14, and are disposed at regular intervals in the direction of the radius of the wafer 14, and the inner lamps 50 face a portion of the wafer 14 facing them, the portion (the lower half of the wafer 14 shown in FIG. 3) lying close to the rotating shaft relative to the center of the wafer...

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[0026]As shown in FIG. 3, the number of halogen lamps 21 to 25 of the outer lamps 20 was set at five and the number of halogen lamps 51 and 52 of the inner lamps 50 was set at two in order to heat a portion of the wafer 14 into which oxygen ions are implanted, the portion (the upper half of the wafer 14 shown in FIG. 3) lying close to the chamber peripheral wall 11b, more intensively than a portion of the wafer 14 (the lower half of the wafer 14 shown in FIG. 3) which lies close to the rotating shaft. First oxygen ion implantation was performed in such a way that 2.5×1017 oxygen ions / cm2 were implanted at an acceleration energy of 220 keV with the silicon wafer 14 heated to 400° C. with the five halogen lamps 21 to 25 of the outer lamps 20 and the two halogen lamps 51 and 52 of the inner lamps 50. Second oxygen ion implantation was performed in such a way that 4.0×1015 oxygen ions / cm2 were implanted at an acceleration energy of 200 keV with the wafer 14 heated to 40° C. Then, high-t...

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Abstract

In oxygen ion implantation equipment, a chamber has a bottom wall on one end face thereof and is open in the other end face thereof. A wafer holder rotatably holding a plurality of wafers on the same circumference of a circle is housed in the chamber. Inside a cap closing an opening of the chamber while making the chamber airtight with a sealing member, a coolant passage is formed near the sealing member. A plurality of lamp heaters are disposed so as to extend in the direction of the tangent to the circumference of the cap and align parallel to the direction of the radius of the cap, in such a way as to face one wafer held by the wafer holder. When the plurality of lamp heaters are divided into inner lamps located on the inner side of the cap in the direction of the radius thereof and outer lamps located on the outer side of the cap in the direction of the radius thereof, the amount of heat applied to the wafer per unit time by the outer lamps is made larger than the amount of heat applied to the wafer per unit time by the inner lamps.

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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0001]1. Field of the Invention[0002]The present invention relates to equipment for implanting oxygen ions into a wafer, and more particularly to oxygen ion implantation equipment that can improve the uniformity of the thickness of an SOI (silicon on insulator) layer of a SIMOX (Separation by IMplanted OXygen) wafer.[0003]2. Description of the Related Art[0004]Conventionally, in oxygen ion implantation equipment of this type, a wafer is heated by a lamp heater, and, as the lamp heater, 10 to 15 halogen lamps arranged at regular intervals are used to heat the whole surface of the wafer uniformly. The lamp heater is used at the time of oxygen ion implantation in the production process of a SIMOX wafer, and, at present, the commercially available SIMOX wafer is produced by a method called an MLD (modified low dose) method. In the MLD method, oxygen ion implantation is performed in two stages (for example, refer to Patent Document 1). First oxygen ion implanta...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(United States)
IPC IPC(8): C23C16/00
CPCC23C14/541C23C14/48
Inventor AOKI, YOSHIRO
Owner SUMCO CORP